who do YOU want to moderate a debate ?

[JI7]

who do you all think should moderate a debate(s) for the democratic candidates. i think charlie rose would be a good one. and bill moyers. i would like to hear all of your suggestions.

[WillyBrandt]

1. Lyndon LaRouche

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. There are a few I can think of

Walter cronkite, bill moyers,Mike malloy, peter werbe, randi rhoades, amy goodman

Any of them would be great.

[Bush loves Jiang]

9. Malloy?

That's pushing it...I love the guy, but there's no way he'd stay neutral.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Arianna

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Good one

Ralph nader and michael moore could rbe real interesting too.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Michael Moore.

[AngryYoungMan]

6. Will Pitt?

eom

[dajabr]

7. Helen Thomas - moderating Shrub vs. Dem Candidate!! (nt)

[bpilgrim]

8. an evil DU'er

:evilgrin:

peace

[fabius]

10. Bill Moyers n/t

[bpilgrim]

12. and helen thomas

:hi:

peace

[Myra]

13. Yes! Bill Moyers and Helen Thomas! The best possible choices.

So far the mods have all been nothing but media whores.

I won't hold my breath that they'll have real journalists though.

Do they ever have print journalists as mods?

[creativelcro]

41. YES

[hlthe2b]

11. In all seriousness, I think Peter Jennings would do a good job...

For sheer entertainment value, Jon Stewart.

As an absolute provocateur, Ralph Nader :evilgrin:


Two other possibilities: Molly Ivins and/ or Ann Richards, perhaps with a tag teaming Helen Thomas.

[realFedUp]

14. Anonymous League of Women Voters members

that would be a real return to Democracy...especially
if all the party heads and media owners stayed completely out of it.

[dajabr]

26. Read "Votescam" by the Colliers...

Your view of these fraud "enablers" may change...

[wtmusic]

15. Cronkite

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. Absofuckinglutely!

Why didn't I think of that? :freak:

[Myra]

44. Hell yes! Cronkite! Why didn't we think of that?!

Moyers, Thomas, Cronkite. The mod dream team.
But who do we get? Koppel the Klown.

This is not the best of all possible worlds.

[frank frankly]

17. bill moyers would work for me

that would be the best!

[Corgigal]

18. For the presidential election

middle class, if any are left, Iraqi citizens.

[Mattforclark]

19. Bill Clinton

[Renew Deal]

20. Me, a panel of liberal to moderate Dems.

Maybe some radio hosts or something. Just someone that isn't worried about ratings.

[Renew Deal]

21. Skinner or Bill Clinton

That could be interesting too.

[Cleita]

22. Gail Ifel (sp?) of PBS.

She asks really good questions of her guests on Washington Week. I think her questions would be equally good in a debate.

[Cleita]

31. I meant Gwen Ifel.

Oops.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. The general public.

[Jim Sagle]

24. Joe Conason.

[minkyboodle]

25. Cronkite or Moyers

with Charlie Rose and Helen THomas as runnerups
Scott

[mdguss]

27. Moyers or Clinton:

At this point are about the only one's who can stay neutral. The best moderator of the season: Sen. Hillary Clinton at the Iowa Jefferson/Jackson dinner. Says a lot about the sad state of the media. Ted's question were way out of line today. The moderator should ask questions, not debate the candidates (as Ted did, and tried to do on several occassions). I was hoping Kerry would say "Ted, you fucked up," at the end of it.

[Cocoa]

28. Lester Holt n/t

[poskonig]

29. Russert

(dodges tomatoes)

[gauguin57]

30. michael jackson or scott peterson

It might increase viewership.

But I'd vote for Jon Stewart. Or Bill Moyers.

And ... I know he's been battling bipolar disorder ... but I think Dick Cavett would be just the ticket.

Is Michael Dukakis busy?

How about Rob Reiner?

WARREN BEATTY!!! Now THAT would be interesting.

[minkyboodle]

33. Warren Beatty anyone know what he is up to

I really thought that he gave one of the best speeches of the 2000 political campaign. Seems like he has dropped off the political map for this coming election. Anyone know whether he has endorsed a candidate or spoken out on the election yet?
Scott

[SahaleArm]

32. Chuck-D

[eileen_d]

34. Flavor Flav, or my mom

I'm serious about the later. My mom would kick ass, and she might take names as well. She's a Sunday-morning-pundit-show junkie and a smart Democrat. (Too bad I don't have anything in common with her right? ;))

[SahaleArm]

36. We all wanted a frank discussion on race...

[vision]

35. Al Franken

Al is smart and would keep it going

[incapsulated]

37. Bill Moyers n/t

[tkmorris]

38. Al Franken <eom>

[Cheswick2.0]

39. I'll go with Moyers

or Walter Cronkite. No more of these pundits, they all have mush for brains.

[morgan2]

40. me

im the best at everything

[ronzo]

42. Carville...

That'd be quite the spectacle.

[durutti]

43. Bill Moyers

Other cool (if unlikely) ideas:

Ralph Nader
Jesse Jackson
Jello Biafra
Noam Chomsky
Arianna Huffington
Barbara Ehrenreich
Molly Ivins
Medea Benjamin

[dbt]

45. Walter By God Cronkite!

Or Jim Hightower or George Clinton. Anyone except the current crop of GOPWeenies who have proven so inept!

:evilgrin:
dbt

[lostnfound]

46. Moyers or Amy Goodman n/t

[Snellius]

47. Jon Stewart

Or anyone not from the political news media.

[VermontDem2004]

48. The best person for the job is Mills Lane

[Jim Sagle]

49. Or Michael Buffer.

[JVS]

50. McLaughlin

So he can shout "WRONG" in the middle of people's sentences

[Mz Pip]

51. Jon Stewart

He'd be terrific.
A fake newsguy for a fake political event.

MzPip
:dem:

[arewethereyet]

52. me

Christ, Brit Hume has been the best one. Brit Hume !

[IndianaGreen]

53. I volunteer to moderate

I'll get rid of the stupid one minute rule, and I would try to run it as the Iowa candidate forums were. Give the candidate a chance to expound on their views, and get away from the shameful performance by the likes of Judy Woodruff and Ted Koppel.

[genius]

54. Charlie's a Republican. How about Bill Clinton and Arianna Huffington?

Arianna won't take any BS. Bill would ask more relevant questions than the news media.